The Little Prince

192 Pages·2000·15.31 MB·English

ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY
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THE
LITTLE
PRINCE
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
No story more beloved by
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children and grown-ups alike
than this wise, enchanting
The
author reminisces
fable.
about a day when his plane was
down
forced in the Sahara, a
thousand miles from help.
There he encountered most
a
extraordinary small person. “If
you please,” said the stranger,
me And
“draw a sheep.” thus
begins the remarkable story of
whose
the Little Prince,
strange history he learned, bit
by bit, in the days that fol-
lowed.
There are few stories that in
some way, in some degree,
change the world forever for
their readers. This one.
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WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Translated from the French
by Katherine Woods
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Hall
Thorndike, Me.
Copyright © 1943 by Harcourt Brace & Company
Copyright © renewed 1971 by Harcourt Brace & Company
All rights reserved.
Published in 1995 by arrangement with
&
Harcourt Brace Company.
G.K. Hall Large Print Perennial Bestseller Collection.
The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged.
Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition.
Set in 18 pt. News Plantin by Minnie B. Raven.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de, 1900-1944.
[Petit prince. English]
The little prince written and illustrated by
/
Antoine de Saint-Exupery translated from the French
;
by Katherine Woods,
cm.
p.
ISBN 0-7838-1548-4 (Ig. print he)
:
Large type books. Woods, Katherine, 1886-
1. I.
II. Title.
[PQ2637.A274P413 1995]
843'.912—dc20 95-40633
TO LEON WERTH
I ask the indulgence of the children who
may
read this book for dedicating it to
a grown-up. I have a serious reason:
he is the best friend I have in the world.
I have another reason: this grown-up
understands everything, even books about
children. I have a third reason: he lives
in France where he is hungry and cold.
He
needs cheering up. If all these reasons
are not enough I will dedicate the book
to the child from whom this grown-up
grew. All grown-ups were once children
—
although few of them remember it.
And my
so I correct dedication:
TO LEON WERTH
WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE BOY
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believe that for his escape he
took advantage of the migration of
flock of wild birds.”